She was the oldest child of Percy Denis and Margaret (Schneider) Henley of Claremont, South Dakota.
Patricia was a Valedictorian of the Class of 1949 Claremont High School.
She graduated cum laud in 1953 from the University of South Dakota. At USD she was elected Miss University, and was first runner up in the Miss South Dakota pageant.
Patricia was married to Frank L. Farrar of Britton, South Dakota, June 5, 1953, at Fort Benning, Georgia, where Frank was serving as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
When her husband was elected Governor of South Dakota in 1969, she served as South Dakota's First Lady for two years.
She wrote and performed a dramatic Chautauqua, based on the life of Margaret Mellette, the wife of the first Governor of South Dakota.
In 1988, she was recognized for Overall Superlative Achievement in the South Dakota Senior Games and in 1989 placed first in race-walking at the National Senior Games, commonly known as the Senior Olympics.
She was predeceased by her parents
Patricia was a Valedictorian of the Class of 1949 Claremont High School.
She graduated cum laud in 1953 from the University of South Dakota. At USD she was elected Miss University, and was first runner up in the Miss South Dakota pageant.
Patricia was married to Frank L. Farrar of Britton, South Dakota, June 5, 1953, at Fort Benning, Georgia, where Frank was serving as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
When her husband was elected Governor of South Dakota in 1969, she served as South Dakota's First Lady for two years.
She wrote and performed a dramatic Chautauqua, based on the life of Margaret Mellette, the wife of the first Governor of South Dakota.
In 1988, she was recognized for Overall Superlative Achievement in the South Dakota Senior Games and in 1989 placed first in race-walking at the National Senior Games, commonly known as the Senior Olympics.
She was predeceased by her parents
She was the oldest child of Percy Denis and Margaret (Schneider) Henley of Claremont, South Dakota.
Patricia was a Valedictorian of the Class of 1949 Claremont High School.
She graduated cum laud in 1953 from the University of South Dakota. At USD she was elected Miss University, and was first runner up in the Miss South Dakota pageant.
Patricia was married to Frank L. Farrar of Britton, South Dakota, June 5, 1953, at Fort Benning, Georgia, where Frank was serving as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
When her husband was elected Governor of South Dakota in 1969, she served as South Dakota's First Lady for two years.
She wrote and performed a dramatic Chautauqua, based on the life of Margaret Mellette, the wife of the first Governor of South Dakota.
In 1988, she was recognized for Overall Superlative Achievement in the South Dakota Senior Games and in 1989 placed first in race-walking at the National Senior Games, commonly known as the Senior Olympics.
She was predeceased by her parents
Patricia was a Valedictorian of the Class of 1949 Claremont High School.
She graduated cum laud in 1953 from the University of South Dakota. At USD she was elected Miss University, and was first runner up in the Miss South Dakota pageant.
Patricia was married to Frank L. Farrar of Britton, South Dakota, June 5, 1953, at Fort Benning, Georgia, where Frank was serving as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
When her husband was elected Governor of South Dakota in 1969, she served as South Dakota's First Lady for two years.
She wrote and performed a dramatic Chautauqua, based on the life of Margaret Mellette, the wife of the first Governor of South Dakota.
In 1988, she was recognized for Overall Superlative Achievement in the South Dakota Senior Games and in 1989 placed first in race-walking at the National Senior Games, commonly known as the Senior Olympics.
She was predeceased by her parents
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